The Ocuto Blacktop & Paving story
started out from Jim and Carol Ocuto's home in Mohawk, NY in 1967.
Deciding to pursue the blacktop
paving business, the 22 year-old Jim Ocuto purchased a small dump truck, a
blacktop spreader box and an old $250 power roller that needed work.
Then, along with his two employees, he began paving residential driveways
and small commercial parking lots. Carol Ocuto handled the bookkeeping
and office work.
Five years later, in 1972, after
expanding their business capabilities (upgrading their equipment and work
force), the Ocuto's Incorporated their paving venture as Ocuto Blacktop &
Paving Co., Inc.
While still operating their
ever-growing business from Mohawk, NY, the quick thinking of Jim Ocuto
realized a demand for the production of asphalt concrete paving materials
in the Rome, NY area. (At the time, Griffiss Air Force Base was going
full-swing.)
In 1977, Mr. Ocuto acted on his good
business foresight and purchased their present property on lower Lawrence
Street in Rome, NY.
During that same year of 1977, the
Ocuto's formed another business venture, Alliance Paving materials Inc.,
which would produce and market asphalt concrete (blacktop) for the Rome
and surrounding areas.
The newly formed Alliance firm moved
right ahead and created a new bituminous drum mixer and began
manufacturing blacktop. however, two years later, In 1979, they erected
their 2 ton asphalt concrete batch plant to meet growing business
demands. The batch plant is a NYS DOT approved plant.
In 1980, Alliance Paving Materials,
Inc. purchased a sand & gravel bed in Western, NY, a few miles north of
Rome.
At the present time, the Ocuto's family's, Alliance
Paving Materials, Inc. produces a wide assortment of NYS DOT approved
construction materials.
